Historical information

Frame 10.
Photo 1. A group of Sergeants on the deck of the Karmala. Jack and Bert were the only Sergeants from the 45th quota from the original Battalion on the Karmala. There were two other Sergeants who had transferred to the 38th, one in Oct 1918, Sgt R. L. Glover from the 37th Batt and Sgt F. Perkins also from the 37th who transferred in April 1919. Both are or should be in the collection of photos.
Photo 2. life on deck of the Karmalal.
Photo 3. A group of nurses on the Karmala. In the family collection there are two faded sepia photos showing the others not in this negative. The negatives to these are missing. From the War Diary of the Karmala there were ten nurses on the Karmala and there are ten nurses in the photos. There was also the ship's Medical Officer who is hidden in this negative. The ship's S.M.O. was Captain C. P. Rosenthal from the 33rd Batt HQ.
The nurses on board were:
Sister Sarah Eliza Faulkner (Sydney)
S/Nurse Ivy Louisa Robbins (Epping NSW)
S/Nurse Edith Agnes Purdon (Bathurst, NSW)
Sister Catherine Douglas Graham (Footscray, Vic)
Nurse Gladys Webster Jarrett "RRC" (Middle Park, Vic)
Nurse Ida Mary Mason (Wodonga, Vic)
Nurse Ethel May Mead "RRC" (Elsternwick, Vic)
Sister Elizabeth Hamilton O'Reilly (Leitchville, Vic)
S/Nurse Janet Hay (Adelaide, SA)
Sister Janet Ivy Barron (Ennogerra, Qld)
Photo 4. Arriving at Cape Town, South Africa on the way home.
Refer Cat No. 5880P for exhibition details.
Refer Cat No. 1280 for Jack GRINTON Service Records.

Physical description

Photographs - black and white on paper. 4 photographs top to bottom.
1. Group of soldiers on ship's deck. 2. Crowd of soldiers on ship's deck. 3. Group of nurses on ship's deck. 4. View of a dock.
Frame - timber with black colour paint. Glass front. Mount - black colour cardboard. Backing cardboard with handwritten notation.

Inscriptions & markings

Backing cardboard - handwritten black felt tip pen "10."